I’m mysteriously drawn to cemeteries, especially old ones. Wandering along the rows, looking at grave stones, I try to imagine the lives of those long since departed. One particularly evocative graveyard is the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw. — Our way there is fraught with difficulty. Warsaw’s tram drivers point us in the wrong direction time [...]

Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery: a memorial to a cruel past
Posted on 25 January 2012 by Anne-Sophie Redisch in Lost cities and haunted places, Poland, Quirky corners, Travel through time
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